Shoulder joint replacement waiting times in South Australia

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

13 public hospitals in South Australia reported Shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25. The state median was 140 days; the national median was 174 days.

8 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 days marks the national median.

Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service54 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital61 days
Modbury Hospital156 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital158 days
Noarlunga Hospital374 days
Clare Hospitalnot published
Flinders Medical Centrenot published
Lyell McEwin Hospitalnot published
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Naracoorte Health Servicenot published
Port Pirie Regional Health Servicenot published
Riverland General Hospitalnot published
South Coast District Hospitalnot published

Shoulder joint replacement in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	54 days	not published	24 surgeries
2	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	61 days	not published	10 surgeries
3	Modbury Hospital	156 days	not published	15 surgeries
4	Royal Adelaide Hospital	158 days	not published	27 surgeries
5	Noarlunga Hospital	374 days	not published	13 surgeries
unranked	Clare Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Flinders Medical Centre	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lyell McEwin Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Naracoorte Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Port Pirie Regional Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Riverland General Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	South Coast District Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.